Bad Kleinkirchheim - Rossalmhütte

Access to starting point:
A) Through the Karawanks Tunnel, we drive to Austria, and then we continue driving on the Tauern motorway, which we leave already at the Villach bypass and continue driving towards the settlements Treffen am Ossiacher See, Afritz am See, Feld am See, and after the mentioned settlement we turn right towards the known ski center Bad Kleinkirchheim. We park on a large parking lot opposite the gas station.
B) From Styria or Carinthia, we first drive to Dravograd and then over the border crossing Vič into Austria, where we then follow the signs for Klagenfurt / Celovec. Further, we drive on the so-called South motorway, which we leave at Klagenfurt (direction Feldkirchen). Further, we drive on a regional road, on which we arrive at the already mentioned settlement. In Feldkirchen, we continue right in the direction of the pass Turacher Höhe and drive further past the settlements Himmelberg, Gnesau, Mitterdorf to the settlement Wiedweg, where we continue left towards the known ski center Bad Kleinkirchheim. We park on a large parking lot opposite the gas station.

Route description:
On the eastern edge of the parking lot, we will notice an asphalt footpath which after a few meters of walking along the stream brings us to a narrower asphalt road, where we notice signs for Talweg, Rottenstein and Kaiserburg. For some time we ascend on the asphalt road which leads us among houses, and then we arrive at a marked junction, where we continue left over a small bridge, which crosses the stream Ottingerbach (right leads the road to Waldtratte and further to the upper station of the cable car).
On the other side of the stream, the path turns right and then ascends along the edge of the forest. For some time we ascend on a quite overgrown footpath which higher crosses a cart track, after which it enters a dense forest. Higher, the footpath widens, and after a further few minutes of ascent it brings us to a wide cart track, which we follow to the right. The path ahead crosses a larger clearing, and then a wider cart track leads us over a small bridge, after which we arrive at a marked junction.
After the small bridge, we continue left into a dense forest (right on the road Waldtratte 20 minutes), then the path turns right and after a shorter steep ascent brings us to the edge of the ski slope. For a short time we continue along the ski slope, and then the path leads us onto a cart track, on which in a few minutes we ascend to the spot where the marked path crosses another wider cart track. We continue straight upwards on a moderately steep mountain path, which higher brings us to a smaller mountain pasture, where a few wooden huts stand.
On the mountain pasture we step onto a macadam road, on which in a few minutes we ascend to the next marked junction, which is located at the lower station of two cable cars.
Here we continue right in the direction of the summit Wöllaner Nock, on the path which quickly brings us to the hut at the lower station of the "right" cable car. Here the footpath disappears, but we continue under the ski lift, where we quickly notice the blazes and an occasionally poorly beaten footpath. Higher, the footpath becomes more visible, then turns right, where it again starts to disappear. Further we cross a ski slope, and the path somewhat higher brings us to a forest road, on which we walk to the sharp left turn, where a marked footpath branches off to the right downwards to the hut Rossalmhütte. We head onto the mentioned path and in two minutes of descent walk to the hut Rossalmhütte.

The trip can be extended to the following destinations: Kaiseburg, Wöllaner Nock

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